Reply #140: Okay. So how is that not offensive- implying that having kids is "child abuse"-

[Warren DeMontague]

but suggesting to someone that they might want kids of their own (something I don't do, BTW) is?

I'm sorry, but the world -even with all the problems- is NOT that bleak. This is an exciting time to be alive. 2000 years ago children were born into an incredibly brutal world with a life expectancy of 30 short, painful, disease-ridden years. 10,000 years ago, you were offering them up to be potentially eaten by Sabre-toothed Tigers.

I mean, if you don't want kids, that's a respectable decision. But don't justify it to yourself by pretending that existence now and in the coming decades is a foregone morass of pain. I think the future holds great promise, and certainly isn't any worse than what Humanity has already been through.